Kong Tai could no longer stand and collapsed to the ground, his eyes glazed over, muttering to himself, "It's over, it's all over..."

The other family heads returned to their respective residences, looking dejected.

However, no one expected that this divine punishment would come so quickly.

As soon as the head of the Li family stepped through his gate, he saw his steward tumbling and crawling towards him, crying out, "Master! Just now, in an instant, all of our hundred acres of fertile land outside the city withered and died! The lush green wheat seedlings have all turned into dry grass!"

On the Qian family patriarch's side, his most prized seven-entrance, seven-exit mansion suffered a sudden crack as its main beam snapped, causing half of the mansion to collapse and burying all his gold and silver treasures, which he had collected over many years, under the ruins.

The most tragic case was that of the Kong family.

When Kong Tai returned to his residence, he found that all the clan elders and members who had colluded with the evil spirits and secretly worshipped the God of Medicine had died suddenly, bleeding from all seven orifices, their deaths gruesome, as if they had seen something extremely terrifying before they died.

At that moment, Kong Tai, the Qian family head, the Li family head...

All the families involved in the collusion were punished in various ways.

By the time they realized their mistake, it was too late.

The bodies of several family heads quickly went out of control, their knees buckled, and they all knelt down in unison towards the people in the city.

"Smack!"

Kong Tai raised his hand and slapped himself hard across the face, the sound crisp and loud.

"Slap! Slap! Slap!"

The Qian family head, the Li family head, and others were also frantically slapping their own faces.

Their mouths opened uncontrollably, tears streaming down their faces, as they wailed and repented to all the people.

"We were wrong! We are guilty! We were blind to dare offend the Mountain Goddess!"

"We are beasts! We are worse than pigs and dogs! We beg the Mountain Goddess to spare our lives! We beg everyone to spare our lives!"

The people on the street were dumbfounded. What was going on?

The tyrant who was about to arrest and kill people a moment ago is now kneeling on the ground beating himself.

What shocked them even more was yet to come.

With tears of blood streaming down his face, Kong Tai hoarsely ordered his steward, "Open the treasury! Distribute all of my Kong family's assets—land deeds, gold, silver, and cloth—to the people of the city! Go now!"

"Give away all our wealth! We are willing to give away all our wealth just to atone for our sins!" The Qian family head and the Li family head issued the same order.

Before anyone could react, these arrogant family heads, after giving their last bit of strength to issue the order, suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood, their bodies stiffened, and then they collapsed to the ground like a pile of mud.

He was lifeless, and died with his eyes wide open.

The people witnessed this scene and instinctively cheered.